啟發

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See also: 启发

Chinese

to open; to start
to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue
to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop
 
trad. (啟發/啓發) /
simp. (启发)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (29) (1)
Final () (39) (68)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Closed
Division () IV III
Fanqie
Baxter khejX pjot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kʰeiX/ /pʉɐt̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʰeiX/ /pʷiɐt̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/kʰɛiX/ /piuɐt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kʰɛjX/ /puat̚/
Li
Rong
/kʰeiX/ /piuɐt̚/
Wang
Li
/kʰieiX/ /pĭwɐt̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kʰieiX/ /pi̯wɐt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
fa
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hai2 faat3
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ khejX › ‹ pjot ›
Old
Chinese
/*kʰˁijʔ/ /*Cə.pat/
English open (v.) fly forth, send forth

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 10129 164
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kʰeːʔ/ /*pad/
Notes

Verb

啟發

  1. (transitive) to enlighten; to inspire; to stimulate; to arouse
    某人啟發某人启发  ―  shòu mǒurén de qǐfā  ―  to be inspired by someone
    文章啟發 [MSC, trad.]
    文章启发 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ kàn guò nǐ de wénzhāng, wǒ hěn shòu qǐfā.
    I have read your article and was very inspired by it.

Synonyms